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Earthquakes, often unpredictable and devastating, have long been a challenge for scientists to forecast accurately. However, a groundbreaking development in sensor technology now offers a glimmer of ...

Android earthquake detection has reshaped how people stay safe in seismic events by turning billions of smartphones into a global detection network. These everyday devices act as miniature sensors, ...

The back-to-back earthquakes that rattled the Bay Area this week were a potent reminder of the infamous faults beneath our feet. But with current technology, people might still only get seconds of ...

West Coast citizens get crucial seconds of warning with Android ShakeAlert and MyShake earthquake detection apps that issue life-saving alerts before hazardous shaking. Such new technologies turn ...

PRESIDENT Obama’s $8.2 million request this week for the federal government to fund an early earthquake warning system on the West Coast is a good start. But it’s far from enough to get a system up ...

Two new seismic monitoring stations have been installed in Alicante province to improve earthquake detection, research, and ...

Earthquakes are measured using a scale known as the Richter scale or more commonly, the moment magnitude scale (Mw). This scale quantifies the energy released at the source of the earthquake. For ...

The Alaska Earthquake Center is in negotiations with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to restore funding for nine seismic stations. In late September, NOAA advised the center it ...